Boost for ABB turbocharger development

ABB Turbo Systems’ thermal machinery laboratory in Baden, Switzerland, has upgraded two test rigs as part of an ongoing programme to secure advanced high performance testing facilities for current and future development projects.

Supporting qualification tests and measurements planned for the company’s next generation of turbochargers, the laboratory has embarked on a nine-project programme to increase both testing capacity and scope. Two of its main test rigs have been modernised under this programme (see illustration, page 32), the main focus of which is the extension of the CHARLES test centre. MP